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skad, I am on a single level floor... Maximum fall height with muzzle pointed down is inches not feet...
For the firing pin issue to come into play the gun must land nearly vertical as we will only have one surface in motion (muzzle) opposed to 2 surfaces in motion (hull and muzzle) in the Navy incident on the rigid inflatable boat...
That event had doubled the speed of impact opposed to dropping the gun on a stationary floor...
The firing pin striking the primer on a gun without a firing pin return spring is one risk...
Many brands including Mossberg and Remington could go off during a fall event due to sear releasing the hammer which is not blocked when "safed"...
So use in an HD situation, to be safe from a remote risk requires you be unsafe from a more likely risk... Unlike many, when I feel I am grabbing the gun for defensive measures, I prefer the remote risk of dropping the gun over the higher risk of suddenly engaging a bad guy with a loaded but useless gun...
Storing it is a totally different act to many if not most of us...
Brent
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